Woven fabric.



PATENT DFFICE.

. CHARLES L. CHRTSTMANN, OF ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY.

WiEtTEN FABRIC.

To all whom'it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. Cnnrs r- MANN, a citizen of the United States, residm at Englewood, in the county of Bergen an State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Woven Fabrics. of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates generally to 111 1mprovenient in woven fabrics and more particularly to a fabric so woven as to reduce a design which will permit the use the resultant article in its oriinal form or a cutcorner form without estroying' the centinuity of the design. 1

The present invention is directed primarily to weavingin a design of any determinate character so as to produce an article which is complete in either of either form the continuity of the design is maintained and the article perfect and comlete. p The article designed to be produced by my improvement is a counterpa-ne or bedspread with the design so woven in that the article is adapted for use in the usual rectangular shape, or is adapted for use with two or more corners out therefrom to provide 'de neg fi-aps to fit about the corner posts of lied-'- stead.

present invention, reference will he had in the following specification to the accompany ing-drawings, in which :The figure represents a lan view of the counterpane orbedspread.

with the design woven in according to the present invention.

The present invention is directed primarily to im roving to a more or less material eX- tent t e article described and claimed iin-a eependi-n I application filed by me on the 12th of Apri 1 907 and serially numbered 3 67,7 7 1.

in any usual or preferred manner to provide a fabric section of the roper length and width desired. During tl ie process of Weaving the fabric, the design on the surf-ace thereof is woven in, and it is in the produc- Specificati'on of Letters Patent. a ease filed-Hay 2. .1907. Serial E0. 871.486.

two l orms, so that in For a more particular understanding of the Patentedl'eb. 18, 1908.

.tion of this design that the particular invention herein claimed relates.

In weaving the design I first produce what 1 term a main desi n outline 2, gained by Weavin into the 'faric additional threads line extends in parallel relation to t-e side selv e edges 3 ofthe fabric section 1, forming w at is hereinafter termed major lengths 4. The major le the terminate some distance from one e '54 of the fabric section, being connected by a continuation of the desigp outline 2 extending transverselyof the fa ric section adjacent the end 5, as at 6.

lengths 4 0 ing is continued to direct said outline inwardly toward the l ngitudinal central line of the fabric section fiance, as at 7, and at the terminal of the length 7 theoutline is continued toward the adjacent end 8 of the fabric section, as at 9,

sign outline bein connected -by an end length 10 i oi-ecte in s aced arallel relat i'onwi-th edge 8 of e fabrlc section.

The le the 7 and 9 of the main design outline w' be hereinafter termed the minor lengths of said outline, it bein are arranged at ap; roxim-atey right angles to eachother and to t e contiguouslengths of the main design outline. The main design outline, therefore, includes the major lengths 4. adjacent each side edge of the fabric section the end lengths 6 and 10 adjacent the ends 0. the fabI'ic-section,and the mmorlengths 7 and 9 connecting each major length with the end length 10. Within the main desi '11 outline I weave an additional border me 11 which follows the design outline throughout its length and is slightly spaced therefrom at all points. The central or main design 12 of the article, which may be of any form or configuration is included within a space bounded b a line joiningh the respective junctures o the minor lengt s 7 and 9 of the main design outline, so that said central design does not extend to either of the flaps formed by cutting the fabric along the mam design outline, as will be hereinafter expla'n d.. A border design 13 is Woven into the fa" ric, being included between the major lengths, the end lengths, and the roximete edges of the central design. T e border design is thus at no point or part of the along tie outline 2. Themain'desi n out-- At the opposite tsrminalsjof the major the main design outline, the weav for a determinate disthe terminals of the lengths 9 of the main denoted that they 45 outhne including lengths and 16 exfabric equal in length to the similar dimenminor lengt sions of the fabric section on whichthe particular border is placed, thereby; provid-' mg approximately square corners of the fa ric section beyond the main outline which are notprovided with a border design which forms a'continuation of the border.

design within the main design outline. As a part of the resent invention, however, the said corners eyondthe minor lengths of the main design outline may, if desired, be formed with a design corres onding to the border design within the out no, as at 14, it.

being understood that this latter design, whic may be hereinafter termed the corner design, is 's aced to some extent from the of the main desi n outline.

In completed form the articfie-produced by the present invention represents a fabric 20 section of desired length and breadth in which is woven a design including a main design outline of such contour as toleave square or ap roximately s uare corner portions of the abric'sectioneyond the main des' outline. There is, therefore, inclu ed within this main design outline a central section, correspondin in outline to the outline of the fabric section and ha quai ' side and end flaps of approximately e width and lengths respectively to the similar dimensions of the central section.

The central section is wovenwith a design complete in itself, and the flap sections are tended respectively in alinerfient with the major lengths 4 and end length 10 of the main design outline, said auxiliary outline embracing. within the same the corner designs 11. The auxiliary design outline apparently completes the main design outline, so that in eflect the. design outline extends throughout the length and breadth of the fabric section in spaced parallel relation to" the edges of" that section. -Theessential feature of the auxiliary however, is the termination of the ends of the lathe -15 and 16 of said outline at a slight tance from the proximate ends of the major lengths of the main design outline and of the end length 10 of said outline, as clearly illustrated in the drawing. By this arrangement the articles severed from the fabric section may be out along the major method, therefore, is adapted for eit design outline,-

lengths of .the main design outline, and the end len ths 6 and 10 of said outline and either a ong the lengths-of the auxiliary design outline or along the minor lengths of the main design outline. By the formercut the article when severed will be of approximately rectangular or square contour, while by the latter cut a cut-corner article is produced in which an end and side flaps are provided for a purpose previously noted.

t is, of course, to be understood that the fabric section woven-as described in the presentinvention mayif desired be used as an 7 entirety for the bedspread, or it may be out along the main design outline to produce the cut-corner bedspread, or it maybe out along the-noted portions of themain design outline and the auxiliary design outline, producing a beds read conforming in contour to that of the fiibrio section, though of slightly less dimensions.

By reference the main design outline and also t e auxiliary design outline are of scalloped or wavy configuration, though such outlines may have any'desired configuration without departing from the spirit of the present invention. After severing therbedspread to roduce an article of either 'form .noted the esign-outline will, of course, form the edge boundary of the article, and the present invention also contemplates ,the workin out by hand ormachine'ry of such border 'ine, for example by eni'broideringin white'or bolored thread.

It is, of course, to be understood that while I have shown and described the article designed and. woven to provide but two cutc-orners, I contem late the arrangement necessary to provi e four cut-corners,- the same-requiring but, a duplication of the device shown at one end on the opposite end.

The article produced under the rectangular bedspread or the cut-corner bedspread, and this without interfering with or affecting the continuity of the design presented. a 'L- v m Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new, is

1. As an improved article of manufacture, '1 F pizes'ent net the a bedspread or the like oomprisinga woven fabric section' having a main design'outlino spaced from the ed es of the fabric section .and varyin from t e edge outline of said section, sai section also'havinglan auxiliary design outline so disposed wit relation to the main design outline as to complete with ortions' of said main design outline a line of emarcation conforming to the edge outline of the section.

2. As'an improve d article of manufacture,

a bedspread or the like comprising awoven fabric section having a main design outline spaced from the edges of the fabric section and varying from the section edge outline at sign outline, or be severed along the auxiliary design outline and the regular portions of the main design outline.

3. As an improved article of manufacture, a bedspread or the like comprising a woven fabric section having a design outline spaced from the edges of the section, said design outline having major lengths extending in approximately parallel relation with the adjacent edges of the fabric section and minor lengths projecting inwardly from the ends of the major lengths, said fabric section also having an auxiliary design outline alined with the major lengths of the main design outline and terminally separated therefrom, said auxiliary design outlme being arranged adjacent to and beyond the minor lengths of the main design outline.

4. As an improved article of manufacture,

a bedspread or the like comprising a woven fabric section having a design outline spaced from the edges of the section, said design outline having major lengths extending in approximately parallel relation with the adjacent edges of the fabric section and minor lengths projecting inwardlyfrom the ends of the major lengths, said fabric section also having an auxiliary design outline alined with the major lengths of the main design outline and terminally separated therefrom, said auxiliary design outlme being arranged adjacent to and beyond the minor lengths of the main design outline, a complete central design arrangedwithin the main design outline and a proximately conforming thereto, and edge esigns arranged within the main design outline between the central design and maj or. lengths of the main design outline.

5.' As an improved article of manufacture, a bedspread or the like comprising a woven fabric section having a design outline spaced from the edges of the section, said design outline having majof lengths extending in approximately parallel relation with the adjacent edges of the fabric section and mine lengths projecting inwardly from the ends of the major lengths, said fabric section also having an auxiliary design outline alined with the major lengths of the main design outline and terminally separated threfrom, said auxiliary design outline being arranged adjacent to and beyond the minor lengths of the main design outline, a complete central design arranged within the main design outline and approximately conforming thereto, and independently complete edge designs arranged within the main design outline between the central design and the major lengths of themain design outline, said edge design approximately conforming in length to the length of the adjacent major lengths of the main design outline and in width to the length of the adjacent minor lengths of the main design outline.

6. As an improved article of manufacture, a bedspread or the'like comprising a woven fabric section having a design outline spaced from the edges of the section, said design outline having major lengths extending in approximately parallel relation with the adjacent edges of the fabric section and minor lengths projecting inwardly from the ends of the major lengths,'said fabric section also having an auxiliary design outline alined with the major lengths of the main design outline and terminally separated therefrom, said auxiliary design outline being arranged adjacent to and beyond the minor lengths of the main design outline, a complete central design arranged within the main design outline and approximately conforming thereto, edge designs arranged within the main design outline between the central design and the major lengths of the maindesign outline, and independently complete designs arranged beyond the main design outline and within the auxiliary design outline.

In testimony whereof, I al'lix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES L. CHRISTMANN. Witnesses:

ALEX. LIVINGSTON, Jr., H. BUTWHISTLE. 

